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TO ALL WHOM ITMAY CONCERN:

Be it knovinlthat'I, SAMUEL AYRES, of 64 Water street, in the city, county, and- State of New York,'liave invented a new anduseful Improvement in Trusses; ,and I'do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 isa sectional viewof a truss, whichcontains my improvement.

Figure 2 is'a section ofa covered truss-pad. I

This invention relates to an improvement in trusses for the relief; and eure of ruptures'. Oneofthe featuresV of the invention is making the pad of cork. Another feature consists in the mode -of connecting tbe pad to the band or strap which encircles `the person of the patit. Tle lbelt or strap of the truss Ais composed of the parts AA and B, consisting of n'ebbing. The parts A A are joined to the part )B at the points (j C. The letter D designates the pad;P

I make the same of cork, cut to the shape and size required, with a flange, E, surrounding it, -from which flange i the face o f the pad' rises on a curve, substantiallyas shown. One object of the ange -is to produce a broad stop around the .circumference or sides of the pad, which will, by coming against vthe body, limit the extent to which the prominent part,.of the pad can sink in the abdomen, and another object is to obtain a bearing-slurfacefor the strap to net upon which shall be greater than the prominent operating-face ofthe pad.

Upon the back of thopad I form a l'oop, F, through which the belt o'r strap goes loosely, said belt or strap being free to slide thercin,.'an l accommodate itself to any position ofthe body wit-hout draggingtbe pad with it, andwithout interfering with the pad when adjusted in its proper place. 'l

I In fig. 2 I have shown a cork pad, covered with chamoisleather, G. But a eoveringis not necessary for the eork pad. Pads can be made to conform, in shape andsize, to the nature and peeuliarity of each particular rupture, and when a rupture exists iii-each groin, another pad may be added to the. same belt.

A mong other advantagcs'of my improvement of acork pad are the following: That the said materialis light and soft, a non-absorbent of exhalations from the skin, a non-conductorof theheat of the body, andis not liableto the ohjeetionsfound in ivood, ivory, or the` common stuied pad, which latter soon becomes disagreeable by absorbing moisture from-the body.

If the .cork pad becomes foul, it is only necessary to detach' and clean it with soap and water. What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, is- 1. Connecting the pad of a truss with the band or strap by a loop, F, through which the belt slides loosely, substantially'as described;

' 2. Making a truss-pad of cork, substantially as described. f

3. The ange E, around the edge of tliepad,substantially as described. Subscribed by me, this Eth day of March, 1868before two subscribing witnesses.

SAML. AYRES.

Witnesses J. C. POLLER, E. F. KAs'rnNHUBER, 

